Interesting but not a surprise. This particular version just didnt have market acceptance. Phi wasnt a bad concept but not really tackeled in a rational manner. Intel should have focused on a bootable processor that leveraged a standard motherboard and socket in yhe first place.
From this article it appears that newer socketed Phis are still in production so we will see how long this is infact a viable product at Intel. I just see the specialized co processor as a dead end. At least when one uses a GPU as a compute source you have a range of commodity hardawre for the simpler acceleration needs and compatible solutions for more advanced solutions.
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The fab that made the Atom cores behind this version of the Phi has shut down. I am waiting for some other Atom spinoffs to get quietly dropped. When Intel announced they were reducing the Atom footprint, I dont think people realized how many cross products were going to be impacted. I am waiting for the Xeon-D to fall next.Leave a comment:
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Yeah. AFAIK the PCIe Xeon Phi is basically its own computer running it's own (Linux) OS. I don't remember how much ram those had, but propably not much. Although NFS has swap support (and RDMA), so lending some memory from the "host" OS is possible via the PCIe x16 lane.Originally posted by chuckula View Post
It's sad that those Xeon Phi cards don't just work on any regular consumer motherboard. I remember Xeon Phi needing something like larger adressable memory space etc...
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Considering there are plenty of supercomputers out there already running the socketed Xeon Phi, it was probably just an issue of very little demand for a PCIe card that lacks some of the more worthwhile features of the socketed product.Leave a comment:
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Intel Quietly Drops Xeon Phi 7200 Coprocessors
Phoronix: Intel Quietly Drops Xeon Phi 7200 Coprocessors
Intel has quietly killed off its line-up of Xeon Phi 7200 "Knights Landing" co-processor PCI-E cards...
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